Not everyone has been on holiday during the summer… July is traditionally Sarcoma Awareness month and July 13th is International GIST Awareness Day. During July, GCUK’s Medical Advisry Board Chair was interviewed by Specialist Sarcoma Nurse/ Sarcoma UK helpline’s Helen Stradling, to discuss the sorts of questions raised by newly diagnosed GIST patients and their […]

During the summer we were delighted to be able to convene our first face-to-face Medical Advisory Board (MAB) meeting in many years! There was  packed agenda so that everyone could be brought upto date with the latetest GIST medical & research dvelopments, while also discussing plans for future projects. Professor Ian Judson has been GCUK’s […]

Hello Everyone, I am writing to let you know that having served three months’ notice, I will be stepping down as Vice Chair and Trustee of GIST Cancer UK at the end of May 2022. I have served as a trustee of GIST Cancer UK since 2010 and as Vice Chair of the charity for […]

Stella Turner is stepping down as a Trustee for GIST Cancer UK at the end of April 2022. After nearly five years of volunteering her time and skill, Stella is keen to thank all the amazing fundraisers she has worked with since she took on the role of GCUK’s Fundraising Lead a couple of years […]

We are delighted to launch GCUK’s educational video for GP’s and Primary Care Clinicians – “Diagnosing GIST”. This training material has been developed by GP and Cancer Lead for Gloucestershire, Dr Sadaf Haque, working in collaboration with GIST Cancer UK and the UK’s leading GIST Sarcoma clinicians. It is designed to help GP’s and Primary […]

We were delighted to be able to host our first “In-Person” GCUK Patient & Carer meeting since 2019 in Bath on 4th March 2022. Our speakers included: – Dr Sadaf Haque who launched our Educational video for GP’s and Primary Care Clinicians “Diagnosing GIST”.  – Professor Andy Hall from RareCan, who gave an illuminating presentation on […]